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“opinion” in Latin
opīniōopinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation; reputation, esteem; report, rumorsententiaa way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence; a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the fuexīstimātiōjudgement, opinion (normally good); reputation, honour, character, creditpersuāsiōpersuasion (act of); belief, opinioniūdiciumjudgment, decision; opinion; trialauctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authorityvōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrasepraeceptumteaching, lesson; precept; order, commanddēcernōto decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful); to pronounce a decision concernindogmaA philosophic tenet, doctrine, dogma; A decree, order
The English word opinion itself goes back to Latin opīnor, through opīniō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
opinion
opinio (any uncertain view or conjecture): sententia (especially an opinion well founded, and also expressed): existimatio (an opinion, view entertained with reference to the value of a person or thing): persuasio (a view founded on persuasion, belief, imagination): judicium (founded on judgement): auctoritas (judgement; of a magistrate, etc.; hence proper word of the Senate): vox (the expression of an opinion; Vid: Cic., Ecl., p. 226): praeceptum, decretum, dogma, -atis, neuter, placitum (a doctrine of a teacher, especially of a philosopher [Vid: PRINCIPLE]: A false opinion, opinio falsa; pravum judicium; error (an errour): perverse, wrong opinions, opiniones falsae; opinionum commenta (whims, fancies): settled or deeply-rooted opinions, opinio confirmata: the common opinion, opinio vulgaris or vulgi; sententia vulgaris: the general opinion, communis hominum opinio; opinio vulgata: public opinion, existimatio vuigi; existimatio communis (rumor, classical, but rare; not used in this sense by Caes.): to lose in public opinion, apud populum de existimatione sua deperdere: a person stands badly in public opinion, male de aliquo ab hominibus existimatur: according to the common opinion, ad vulgi opinionem; ex vulgi opinione: according to my opinion, mea quidem opinione; (ex or de) mea sententia; ut mihi quidem videtur; ut opinor; ut puto; quantum equidem judicare possum (as far as I can judge): to entertain a false opinion, falsa opinio me tenet; persuasione labi: to have a wrong opinion of anything, falsam opinionem de re habere; falsam sibi alicujus rei persuasionem induisse; male or perperam judicare de re (to judge wrongly): to have a right or correct opinion of anything, vere or recte judicare de re: to have a wrong opinion of anyone, male existimare de aliquo: to have a tolerably good opinion of anybody’s character, opinionem nonnullam de alicujus moribus habere: to have a good opinion of anyone, bene de aliquo existimare: to have a high opinion of anyone, magnam de aliquo habere opinionem; magna est alicujus de aliqua re opinio: men have a high opinion of you, magna est hominum de te opinio: to have too high an opinion of anybody’s talent, nimiam opinionem de alicujus ingenio et virtute habere (after Nep., Alcib., 7, 3): the cavalry of the Treviri, of whose excellence the Gauls have a very high opinion, equites Treviri, quorum inter Gallos virtutis est opinio singularis: to have a high opinion of one’s self, multum sibi tribuere; se aliquem esse putare; magnifice de se statuere; magnos sibi sumere spiritus (to be puffed up): to have an opinion, to be of the opinion, opinionem habere; opinione duci; opinari, etc. [Vid: To BELIEVE, MAINTAIN]: I am of that opinion, eam habeo opinionem; sum hujus opinionis: some (in the council) were of opinion that, etc., nonnullae hujusmodi sententiae dicebantur, ut, etc.: the opinion of many was, that, etc., multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut, etc.: I am rather of the opinion of those who, etc., eorum magis sententiae sum, qui, etc.: to be of one’s opinion, alicujus sententiam assentione comprobare (to approve of by assent); alicujus sententiam sequi (to follow it); ad alicujus sententiam accedere (to come over to, accede to); ire, pedibus ire, discedere, concedere, transire in alicujus sententiam (of a senator, when he went over to the side of one whose opinion had been delivered; transire, to go over from one to another): I am of the same opinion, in eadem sum sententia; idem or unum idemque sentio; consentio: I am of the same opinion with anybody, non dissentio ab aliquo: I am quite of the same opinion with anybody, prorsus ut aliquis dicit, sentio: I am of another opinion, aliter sentio: I am quite of another opinion, longe mihi alia mens est: a person hesitates in opinion, aliquem duae sententiae distinent (vacillates between two opinions; Tac., Hist., 1, 32, 1): they are divided in opinion, in diversas, in contrarias, sententias discedunt; inter se discrepant: to be of a very different opinion, magnopere dissentire; from anyone, ab aliquo: to be quite of an opposite opinion, in alia omnia ire or discedere: to have a different opinion of anything, non idem sentire de re: people’s opinions are different, varia sunt hominum judicia; (widely different), magna dissensio est de re; de re variae hominum sunt discrepantesque sententiae: yes, that is my opinion, mihi vero sic placet; sic hoc mihi videtur: to give one’s opinion, sententiam dicere, ferre, dare (to declare one’s judgement; ☞ for which modern writers incorrectly say judicium ferre); dico quod sentiam, sententiam meam aperio; quae mens suppetit eloqui (to express one’s views or thoughts): I will candidly give my opinion, dicam ex animo quod sentio; respondere de jure (of a lawyer consulted): to ask a person for his opinion, quaerere, quid aliquis sentiat: to desire to know anybody’s opinion, participem esse velle sententiae alicujus: to take the opinion of anybody, consulere aliquem; on any matter, de aliqua re: to take the opinion of the Senate on a matter, rem referre (☞ not deferre) ad senatum: to cause one to change his opinion, aliquem de sententia movere, deducere (general term); aliquem in sententiam meam adduco, aliquem ad sententiam meam traduco (so that he abandons his opinion and adopts mine): to change one’s opinion, sententiam mutare; de sententia decedere, desistere: my opinion inclines to, inclinat sententia ad, etc.; to remove an opinion from anybody, aliquem opinione levare; (more strongly), alicui or ex alicujus animo opinionem evellere: to imbibe an opinion, opinionem concipere, mente comprehendere, animo imbibere: I become confirmed in my opinion, opinio mihi confirmatur: wedded to an opinion, sententiae alicui quasi addictus et consecratus: to give up, renounce, abandon an opinion, decedere a sententia; discedere a sententia (of a senator who changes sides): to differ from anyone in opinion, dissentire, dissidere ab aliquo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for opinion?
- The usual Latin words for “opinion” are opīniō, sententia, exīstimātiō; also persuāsiō, iūdicium, auctōritās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.